Shade-bracket.



Y. posed ot' a shank or base portion l that.

"i are Ionian sir/tyres rATENT ordnen.

LVEO tl'IAClINEl., Ol ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

SHADE-BRACICET.

Specification cf Letters Patent.

Patented March 3 l, 1908.

Application filed June 28, 1907. Serial No. 381,267.

xvrorcmcnts in fha:le-llrackets. of which the llriiowing is a specitication.

shane bracketv ot' that type in which the brarkefs are adjustahly mounted on base l tes secured to the window trame, the br: :kets being adjustable inwa'rdl)v or out.- wardly to arcommodate the shade roller.

The invention has tor one of its objects to improve and simplify the construction ot dc- Vf es oithis character so as to be compara- "t'ieeasyeantl inexpensive to manufacture,

and tirrenicot and reliable in use.

A further til-.ject of the invention is the provision et' an adjustable shade bracket compe ingr a bracket member havingr a lonfitadinaly slotted shank, and a hase plate hzving apertured cnzi lugs through which the shank of thc bracket extends, there being a cla; ipinge` screv. for securing the shank to the hase plate in any desired position.

'itt these objects in View and others. as will appear as thc description proceeds, the invention comprises the various novel t'catures ot' construction and arrangement ot' parts which will be more full)v described hercparticularity in the matter and set forth with claims; appended hereto.

in the accompanying drawing, which illustrates one of the embodiments of the invention, Figure 1 is a. fragmentary front View of a window frame, showing a shade bracket; a plied thereto. Fig. 2 is an enlarged front View of one of the brackets partly in section. 40 Fig. 3 is a plan vien` thereof. Figs. 4 and 5 are end views of the bracket members for supporting the opposite ends of a shade rot'ler.

.Similar reference characters are employed to designate corresponding parts throughout thfscreral views.

{eferrirrgr to the drawing, A designates a.

brackets designated ,1 {enerall}v by whereb the roller ot' the shadeCls supported. llac 't -bra':ket comprises a bracket member comprorided with a longitudinal slot 2, and at one enti of the shank is an arm l'i. The arms 3 of the brackets are provided wi t apgffyf 4, one ol' which, as shown in Fte'. 4, tsiocmd in the count;y ot' St. Louis and State of a Misa er1, have invented ne and nset'ul lm- 1 his invention relates to an adjnstablei Y to receive the corrcspothi1tglysha pcd vpintlc of the shade roller, and the ther square as 5 shown in Fig. 5 to receive the corresponth ingerir-shaped pintle of the roller. itbcinyj understood that the roller is ot' tht self-vinding type.

' The brackets are supported in position b)- means of a supportingr menti-er .3 that pret'- crably comprises a strip ot metall haring its Q ends hent fort'tardlj: and apeJtnrt-d. "he ,l base portion (j of the member .3 is proritied l with countcrsunk apertures T for receiving screws S whereby the supporiinff` mem-her is secured to thc rindoY l'ramc, and the apertures t) ot' the lugs l() .serre to-reccive the shank l. and the latter is t'rce to sliflt` hack @and forth in the aperturcd ings@ The sup portin; r member has' a tln'eadcd opening' il :it the center' of thc 'nase plate l, and en r-gfizig in this openingr is a clamping,st-rec. t? that passes through tlxe slot 2 f=t"theshank- By loosening; the screw, the bracket tttcmher can he moved in one direction or the other and upon tightening the screw'. t'hf` shank Mill he tirlnl \l clamped to the have portiol. t3 of the supporting member, the said hase portion beingV tlat so that a large contacting surface betneen the parts is provided.

ln practice, the supportirrer members 5 are screwed to the frame in the desired position, it being, ot course, necessary to` remove the bracket members to permit the screws to be inserted in the openings 7. After the supporting' memlfers are thus positioned, the bracket members arc applied 'b \".insertin;r the shanks through the a )ertured lugs 1t) and at this point*` the shade can be applied to the brackets and by moving theht'aclwty members with tle shade in one direction or the other. the shade can be positioned centrally with respect. to the windowl fratrie. rPhe clam ing screws 12 are then applied to the brac ets so as to clampV t te parts securelyY together. lShould it be desired to remove the shade. it is merely necessary to unelamp all ot' the bracket members so as to permit it to fee moved outwardlyto disengage it fromV the pmtle of the shade roller, i .rnerentmn tnc latter can he taken' flown. e From thc foregoing description. taken in l ronnct'ztion with the accompanying drawing, the advantages oiy the consruction 1nd of l the method. of operation will he rendi appart-nf to those skilled in the artptoai'htch the invention appertains-4 and while] have t described the principle ot' operation of the invention, together with the apparatus which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the apparatus shown is merely illustrative' and that such changes may be made when desired, as are within the sco )e of the claims.

Having thus described the inventiony what l claim is:-

The combination of a bracket member comprising a rectangular strip of bendable metal having a tlat bod}P portlon and its ex tremities bent forwardly to forni parallel lags, said lugs having slots flush with the front surface of the body portion, said body portion having a threaded opening and countersunk apertures disposed between the said lugs, with a slxade-sup)orting element consisting of a strip of liiendable metal forned with a shank ettending slidably through the slots and arranged to bear lat against the bodyportion of the bracket member and having a longitudinally extending Slot registering with the threaded opening of the said bod)v portion, one end of the said element being bent into an arm projecting outwardly from the shank and )rovided with a pintle-receiving aperture. a ellamping screw having a threaded shank ol' such length as to extend through the slot of the said supporting element to screw into the threaded opening of the bracket member without the rear end of the threaded shank projecting out of such threaded opening and arranged to frictionally clamp the shank of the supporting element against the bod)v portion of the bracket member. fastenings arranged in the countersnnk apertures for securing the bracket member to a support, said clamping screw serving to prevent the supporting element from becoming detached from the, bracket member except by complete removal of the screw.

ln testimony whereof, I affix my `signature in presence of two witnesses. i

LE() SCILXCIINER. Witnesses:

ANDREW LANGE-omi, Jon \v EYEHMANN.

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